Health and Safety at Work (Hazardous Substances) Regulations 2017

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Schedule 17 Minimum separation distances for stores of packaged class 6.1 substances

Table 1 Minimum separation distances from stores where packages are open to protected places

	Minimum distance from protected places (m)
Quantity (kg or L)	Class 6.1A	Class 6.1B	Class 6.1C
>50 ≤ 250	10	N/A	N/A
>250 ≤ 1 000	10	6	N/A
>1 000 ≤ 10 000	16	10	6
>10 000 ≤ 20 000	18	12	8
>20 000 ≤ 50 000	20	16	10
>50 000 ≤ 100 000	30	20	16
>100 000 ≤ 200 000	40	30	20
>200 000 ≤ 500 000	50	35	30
>500 000	Risk assessment to be carried out to determine appropriate separation distance

Schedule 17 table 1: amended, on 5 January 2022, by regulation 67(6) of the Health and Safety at Work (Hazardous Substances) Amendment Regulations 2021 (SL 2021/372).

Table 2 Minimum separation distances from stores where packages remain closed to protected places

rr 13.40, 13.41, 17.28

	Minimum distance from protected places (m)
Quantity (kg or L)	Class 6.1A	Class 6.1B	Class 6.1C
>50 ≤ 250	5	N/A	N/A
>250 ≤ 1 000	5	3	N/A
>1 000 ≤ 10 000	8	5	3
>10 000 ≤ 20 000	9	6	4
>20 000 ≤ 50 000	10	8	5
>50 000 ≤ 100 000	15	10	8
>100 000 ≤ 200 000	20	15	10
>200 000 ≤ 500 000	25	17.5	15
>500 000	Risk assessment to be carried out to determine appropriate separation distance

Schedule 17 table 2: amended, on 5 January 2022, by regulation 67(6) of the Health and Safety at Work (Hazardous Substances) Amendment Regulations 2021 (SL 2021/372).

Table 3 Minimum separation distances from stores where packages are open to public places

rr 13.40, 13.42

	Minimum distance from public places (m)
Quantity (kg or L)	Class 6.1A	Class 6.1B	Class 6.1C
>50 ≤ 250	5	N/A	N/A
>250 ≤ 1 000	5	3	N/A
>1 000 ≤ 10 000	8	5	3
>10 000 ≤ 20 000	9	6	4
>20 000 ≤ 50 000	10	8	5
>50 000 ≤ 100 000	15	10	8
>100 000 ≤ 200 000	20	15	10
>200 000 ≤ 500 000	25	17.5	15
>500 000	Risk assessment to be carried out to determine appropriate separation distance

Schedule 17 table 3: amended, on 5 January 2022, by regulation 67(6) of the Health and Safety at Work (Hazardous Substances) Amendment Regulations 2021 (SL 2021/372).

Table 4 Minimum separation distances from stores where packages remain closed to public places

rr 13.40, 13.42, 17.28

	Minimum distance from public places (m)
Quantity (kg or L)	Class 6.1A	Class 6.1B	Class 6.1C
>50 ≤ 250	5	N/A	N/A
>250 ≤ 1 000	5	3	N/A
>1 000 ≤ 10 000	5	3	3
>10 000 ≤ 20 000	5	3	3
>20 000 ≤ 50 000	5	4	3
>50 000 ≤ 100 000	7.5	5	4
>100 000 ≤ 200 000	10	7.5	5
>200 000 ≤ 500 000	12.5	8.75	7.5
>500 000	Risk assessment to be carried out to determine appropriate separation distance

Schedule 17 table 4: amended, on 5 January 2022, by regulation 67(6) of the Health and Safety at Work (Hazardous Substances) Amendment Regulations 2021 (SL 2021/372).

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